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IT SHALL RETURN. Michael Ray Mayo, Grade 10 student from Marikina High School, struggles with recurring “No Internet Connection”, just the same as every student is being hindered from participating in Online Distance Learning this pandemic. | Photo by Michael Ray Mayo
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College admissions remain virtual; lack of tests spark woes
School helm: MariSci edges towards partial face-to-face classes
By Sean Ingalla
W
By Blessyl Porras
ith the continuing onslaught of the
pandemic, the process
for college applications
has been reoriented from primarily depending on
entrance exams to relying on previous years’ performance through different metrics.
Upon the announcement of
the University of Sto. Tomas (UST) on September 1 that they will no longer be administering their admission tests for the Academic Year 2022-2023, the other three Universities identified as part of the Big Four—Ateneo De Manila University (ADMU), De La Salle University (DLSU), and University of the Philippines (UP)—followed suit in the proceeding months. Citing the threat of the pandemic in a statement dated August 18, ADMU declared that in lieu of their usual Ateneo College Entrance Test, they will
T
he Marikina Science High
The teaching and non-teaching
On December 6, two schools in
School administration
staff have already been fully vaccinated
Marikina were included in the selection
has sparked preparations
and preparing to take booster shots. As
of Metro Manila schools to partake
for the possible return to the
of November 23, approximately 70% of
in the first stage and have started the
face-to-face (F2F) learning
the student population has already been
implementation of partial F2F classes,
system in accordance with
fully vaccinated, according to the survey
which include the SHS-TVL Strand of
Department of Education (DepEd)
conducted by the school officials.
Tañong High School and Kindergarten
Memorandums No. 71 & 72 S. 2021. According to MariSci Officer-
In-Charge Principal Maria Nicolas, separate meetings with the Schools Division of Marikina officials and key persons of the institution — including master teachers, subject coordinators, and property custodians — have been held regarding how the partial face-toface classes will be implemented. “We created committees per task to accomplish different tasks, kasi andaming trabaho roon e,” Nicolas explained. “Bawat committee [ay] may kaniya-kaniyang focus, though ‘yong trabaho nila ay related to one another.”
be basing their admission on
to Grade 3 of St. Mary Elementary Three Stages
School.
The DepEd Memo No. 71 states
According to the guidelines further
that there shall be three stages in the
explained by the principal, the second
implementation of returning to F2F
stage shall take place somewhere in
classes: Pilot Implementation of F2F
February, where six more schools in the
classes (stage 1), Expansion (stage 2),
city will carry out partial F2F classes.
and Transition to the New Normal (stage 3).
“Kung magkakaroon tayo sa school natin ng partial face-to-face, doon na
As cited in the Department of
tayo sa third stage: transition to the new
Education-Department of Health
normal. Iyon ‘yong hinihintay nating
Joint Memorandum Circular No. 01
order na baka lahat ng schools ay mag-
s. 2021, “Specifically, for the pilot
i-implement na ng partial F2F provided
implementation, only learners from the
na pumasa sa standard,” Nicolas stated.
Key Stage K-to-3 and selected secondary
The standard that schools will
learners from Senior High School (SHS)
follow is the DepEd Memo No. 71
in minimal-risk areas shall participate.”
checklist, in which guidelines on
health and safety protocols are included. Regarding the possibility of the Junior High School (JHS) being included in the partial F2F, Nicolas stated that this is only possible if the institution is fully-prepared and a marching order is given out, as DM No. 71 does not include JHS in the implementation checklist, in which guidelines on health and safety protocols are included. She then explained the different situation for SHS: “kung Senior High School, may go-signal na ‘yan at pumasa sa preparation, pwede tayo mag-accommodate ng Senior High School. Pero ina-eye lang namin dito ay ‘yong sa research niyo [students], kung mag-e-experiment kayo using the facilities or the equipment na nasa school na wala kayo.”
Partial F2F | P24
several parameters including the applicants’ academic and non-academic performance, personal admission essays, recommendation letters, extracurriculars, and disciplinary records.
College admission | P5
OF NOOKS AND CRANNIES
Marikina Science on its second year of online, modular distance learning By Chryzel Alano
T
wo years of groping in the dark; obstacles emerged,
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solutions were made. Yet
everyone still keeps on asking: When will this end?
With this, MariSci continues to provide students with options to choose the learning modality better suited for them under distance learning. These are the online and modular learning modalities. The online distance learning
In accordance with the DepEd
modality allows learners to engage
Order No. 029, s. 2021 regarding the
in synchronous sessions with their
school calendar and activities for S.Y.
teachers through various applications
2021-2022, Marikina Science High School
and features accessed via the internet.
(MariSci) still adopts the Department of
While in modular distance learning
Education’s Basic Education Learning
modality, students are given hard
Continuity Plan from the previous
copies of ‘self-learning modules’ to be
school year.
accomplished on their own time.
PARENTS of some grade 8 students are being assisted by Ms. Jean Jaralve while filling up a form provided by the school to countercheck the modules in all subjects during the first quarter of School Year 2021-2022. | Photo by Caleb Pacleta
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